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Sep 8, 2026

Compound Foundation launches institutional-only lending market

Compound Foundation opened a permissioned lending market on September 8 that restricts access to institutional borrowers only, effectively splitting the protocol into separate retail and institutional liquidity pools with loan-to-value ratios up to 87%.

Sep 8, 2026·3 sources

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▪Eligibility for the Compound Institutional Market starts at 100,000 USDC in deposits, with 200,000 USDC in supplier incentives allocated pro rata over three months against a $20 million supply cap
▪The Compound Institutional Market operates on Compound v3, which Compound states has maintained four years of audited, uninterrupted, and exploit-free production performance
▪Compound should remain a fully permissionless protocol

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DeFi DeFi regulation Crypto regulation Institutional crypto adoption DeFi lending

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